Lee letter in Nature

[B.J.Tindall]

Geoff,
Not just "we", but "all of us". The Bacteriological Code also does not
accept such forms of publication - posting PDF files on the net is usually
a consequence of the journal (hard copy) also supplying the PDF files.
Since we discuss this at regular intervals we should emphasise that present
Codes do not object in principle to electronic publication, but some of the
present solutions (or lack of them) may cause problems.
Brian



At 09:08 21.6.2002 +1200, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>A letter in this week's Nature (20 June), claims that "The current version of
>the Zoological Code officially recognizes new names posted on websites as
>long as five hard copies are deposited in libraries" and adds "The resultant
>mess will take decades to clear up."
>
>This is (I thought) untrue, since Article 9.8 excludes primary publication on
>www.  The nearest thing to ad lib publishing under the zoo code is CDrom.
>
>Clearly, if I'm not off beam here, 'we' (I include americans also ;-)) should
>rebut asap.
>
>Geoff
>
>
>
>
>--
>  Geoff Read <g.read at niwa.cri.nz>
>  http://www.annelida.net/
>


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